Toy money-box



(NoModell) L. KYSER & A. G. REX.v

To y Money Box.

No 232,512. Patented Sept. 21,1880.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS KYSER AND ALFRED G. REX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' TOY MONEY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part ,of Letters Patent No. 232,512, dated September 21, 1880. Application filed June 2, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that, we, LoUIs KYSER and ALFRED (J. REX, both. of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Toy Money- Boxes, (Case 13,) of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that class of toy money-boxes in whichthe weight of the money to be deposited causes the figure to move; and our invention consists in so balancing afigure of a dog or other animal, sitting upon its haunches, that when a piece of money is placed upon a plate, held in its mouth, the center of gravity is changed and the animal tips over slightly to one side until the nioneyslides off into an opening in the box, and the figure once more regains its original position, theconstruction and operation of which are fully set forth in the following specification, shown in the accompanying drawings, and referred to in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a money-box embodying in it our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of same.

A is the box proper, and is composed of two side pieces, B B, shaped like segments of a cylindrical surface, and joined or kept together by top plate, 0, and bottom plate, D, being provided, respectively, with lugs or projections 0 d, to prevent lateral movement to the side plates, B B.

The top and bottom plates are secured together by a bolt or pin 0, which can be easily loosened to take the box apart to remove the deposit in money contained therein.

The top plate, 0, is provided with an opening, G, and a slotted passage-way, E, throughwhich the money is deposited in the box. On either side of the opening G is a depression or support, 9, upon which the knife-edge I works.

The knife-edge I is solid with the figure F,

which, in the present instance, is that of a dog sitting upon its haunches and holdingaplate, f, in its month. When the dog is in an upright position the tail J of same rests upon the projection K, on the top plate, 0, of the box.

Secured to the figure F, at or near the knifeedge I, and projecting down through the opening in the top of the box, is a rod, L, upon the lower end of which is a weight, M, for the purpose of keeping the figure in an upright position.

The operation is as follows Apiece of money to be deposited is laid upon the plate f, held in the dogs month, which immediately changes the position of the center of gravity of the dog and the weight attached to it, and it tips over, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the money slides off and falls into the open slot E and into the box A. As soon as the money slides from the plate f the dog F oscillates or tips back again to its original position, the tail J striking the projection K, which acts as a stop.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a toy money-box, A, provided with a slot, E, in combination with, an oscillating figure, F, having rod L and weight M, and provided with a support for the money, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a toy money-box, A, provided with a slot, E, in combination with pivoted figure F, carrying a plate, f, rod L, and weight M, substantially as and for the purpose specified, and operating in the manner described.

In testimony of which invention we hereunto set our hands.

LOUIS KYSER. ALFRED O. REX. Witnesses:

R. A. GAVIN, JOHN SPARHAWK, Jr. 

